American Reacts How to Build the Perfect Castle | Epic History TV - McJibbin Reacts
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Such a great video that went well beyond my expectations even for this channel. Again, I would love to watch a video similar to this one but about ship building...
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The Castle or fortification you were referring to 8mins in I initially thought was Crac des Chevalier in Syria but when you started describing a ramp made by the besiegers to defeat the naturally defensive position I think you might be referring to Masada: the fortified Palace complex of Herod the Great.
Its possible Masada is the one he was referring. That was the one I thought about when he mentioned a ramp. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Masada
The spikes on the portcullis I would imagine almost certainly align with holes in the ground ready to receive them, and therefore making a securely locked gate. Medieval methods, and even ancient methods, are a LOT more advanced than we tend to give them credit. I mean, hey, just take a look at the architecture of ancient Rome, or the specifications to which the insides of the pyramids are built to, and their pharaohs burial chambers.
Or you could go even futher back in time and see how man made wonders like Stonehenge and other neolithic monoliths often align perfectly to the geography and summer solstices each and every year.
(There's this one massive ancient burial cairn in Ireland which is absolutely incredible with how they built it. Each year on one day the sun hits the back of the whole burial chamber to -- agh fuck i cant even remember all the details but god damn it's incredible how some civilisations through history built things and lived)
The squared towers were replaced by round towers because the flat face of the square tower was more vulnerable to projectiles than the round tower where the projectiles would glance off. Besides, the corners of the square towers would easier give up when mined and set a fire underneath.
Horizontal arrow slits would reduce your ability to aim weaponry downwards as the attacking army draws closer. As well as them also being structurally weaker, for the reason you thought of.
Did you know it took 6000 oak trees to build HMS Victory
That is the most English thing they could have done lmao
When you want to know about old ships epic history has an amazing Video about Venice wich also explains Venetian Ship designs.
been on a few old ships. hms warrior, and nelsons ship at portsmouth and the turbinia boat
Crusader Kings 3 is amazing. If you wanna indulge in your inner machiavellian warlord, then it's perfect for just that. I can't tell you how many time's I've successfully conspired to steal thrones and win holy wars. Child murder, intrigue, incest, war, faith, culture. It's all in there.
Things were more complicated than that often times.
One of the finest victories in defence is the siege of Kruja in 1444, by he Ottomans against the Albanian lord Gjergj (George) Kastrioti.
He was facing an army of 80'000 Ottomans and he he didn't have much of an army. He left 1'500 men to garrison his castle of Kruja, while he and 8'000 men were in a mountain nearby.
His whole plan was to let the Ottomans expend their forces attacking Kruja while he attacked their resupply caravans. The fact was that Kruja could not held against such a big force in a prolonged siege, but if he could force the Ottomans to withdraw before autumn came in and then winter (closing the mountain passes) then he would have won.
The Ottomans actually discovered the aqueduct that furnished the castle with water and cut it off, so it became a race: the Ottomans attacked the castle every day (knowing that the defenders were thirsty and tired) while Kastrioti attacked every night from the outside the sieging army to relieve his castle.
It ended with an Albanian victory, because the Ottomans could not break into the castle before the rains of autumn allowed the garrison to resupply with much needed water, and also it meant that it had already started to snow in the mountains so in few weeks the passes would close and the huge Ottoman army would start to starve (the Albanians had attacked constantly their resupply caravans, remember, so the Ottomans were low on food). The Ottomans retreated and that's how Gjergj Kastrioti (nicknamed Skanderbeg, aka Lord Alexander) defeated 80'000 men with just 8'000, and a castle with a 1'500 garrison, less than 10'000 alltogether...
EDIT: Btw, the 80'000 men army? That's the same army that took Constatinople (modern day Istanbul), considered one of the most fortified cities in the world, in 1453, only 9 years later.
In some of the ruined castles the windows look big because the dressed stone has been taken
sounds like you'd think a video about ship building would be 'rivetting!'
When ur so early it aint even got a title 😤
Damn now i gotta find some good video on the ships of the battle of Trafalgar. Have you ever heard of Admiral Nelson? He's basically an old british hero now for his actions at Trafalgar, and has a statue in Trafalgar square, London (named after the battle i think). Also I love the pictures of historical figures you put in the corner of the screen. It's simple and adds a nice little touch, like like your channel banner, super effective imo.
And yeah epichistoryTV seriously did a good job with the visuals/animation in this video, it's great.
The video sponsor crusader kings 3 is an amazing strategy game I highly recommend it Mcjibbin.
The game itself is quite good but i love the story you can tell with your characters. That the best part in my opinion!
The Siege you've mentioned was the siege of Masada in Israel during the Jewish Revolt against the Roman empire.
As he was talking about it, in my head something KEPT telling me the ''something to do with the Romans and the Jews'' but i couldn't quite put my finger on it. Must have been ages ago i heard about it but it must have been something quite impressive to stay in my memory and ring a bell like that.
Thanks for putting this in the comments bro or else I might have driven myself crazy trying to remember which even it was reminding me of!
U can sail around UK on a sail ship while doing the course.. I can't afford it but wanted to do it as a kid when I learnt some yaught masters
There's usually an escape route. There's loads of stories about messengers escaping a castle and betraying those in the inside.
Lmao no title yet
Wow thank you Konsehal xD Can't believe i didnt notice that
You should check out 'Mary Rose'. It was Henry the 8th's flagship, which sank in 1545. The wreck was rediscovered in 1982 and what's left is now in a museum
I imagine firing a bow through a sideways hole in the wall would mean you'd have to fire your arrow holding the bow sideways. However once you got a crossbow a sideways hole would be better as the crossbow is wider than it is long.
Your giant ramp siege was at Masada… Romans attacking Jewish rebels
Look at somme videos in english about castle of Guedelon in France ... like "Building A Medieval Castle Using Authentic Tools | Secrets Of The Castle | Timeline" or "Building A Medieval Castle Using Authentic Tools | Secrets Of The Castle | Timeline"
He doesn't mention the spiral staircases
Man... when I left school and went to do a short college course near me.. Me and my friends used to go to the old ruins and smoke weed high up in one of the towers of the castle wall, where the little slits for firing arrows used to be / people keeping lookout for the enemy. --- Wasn't until a couple years later I found out we were smoking in a fucking ~1000 year old castle built by the Normans during the invasion. (Canterbury, Kent, England)
And less than what i think is a few hundred meters from that castle, are city walls built by the Romans, and just a little walk from there is the oldest church in the country, called St Martin's Church. Inside the church you can still see some original roman architecture. The building was where the wife of the local king used to worship, and saint Augustus came from rome and essentially converted the anglo-saxons to christianity from there on.
You can still see the walls of London in some places above ground in the City where there are layers of the Roman original wall at the base or re-used Roman stone and tiles.
Bodiam Castle is very beautiful. Well worth a visit combined with Battle (town where the battle of Hastings happened) or Ightham Mote or Rye harbour because it's so pretty. But Bodium was built after the era of sieges, etc., more to show off the castle and grounds to friends and rivals (and potential wives). It's history is v interesting.
i was an extra at bamburgh castle when they shot macbeth in 1971. 3 quid a day for running up a hill jewel in the crown castle, nulli secundus.
History of the Royal Navy, Wooden walls, might be worth looking at. Only part of the story though, as there were Merchant vessels, who could be commercial or privateers (pirates). The Tower of London is a castle, plenty of videos on it. If tunnels were attempted the moat would flood in. They are impressive.
the amount of times this guy rewinds it, he's got headphones on directly relaying the sound into his ears lol how the fack is he missing whats being said every minute?
I remember when there were just 4 comments after 24 hours. You have grown quite a bit!! Nice. I hope it translate to the discord 😏
6m at the lowest, then 5, then 4, then 3 etc...it is to do with weight. Similar to how tennement flats are built...thick at the bottom then thinner walls as it rises.
Don't have something for the older Ships, but if you want to learn more about the Battleships of the late 19th/early 20th Century there is a great video from the Histograph about the Dreadnought
Castle gaillard, that would be mine. It means happy Lord.
A forerunner of "Gaylord"?
The UK has the highest concentration of castles in the world. Something like 700 for a land area half the size of california.
I could name half a dozen off the top of my head within a half an hour drive in any direction from my house.
It depends what you call a castle: palaces from the 19th century made to "look like" medieval castles, are called castles in English despite not having any fortifications. Like Windsor, which is a palace. England has a lot of such mock castles, which were really popular in the 19th century.
In terms of real medieval castles, there aren't a lot of them intact in Europe sadly. During the late middle ages, there were around 40,000 castles in Germany, and as many in France. Many were actively destroyed, or sometimes transformed in more "modern" 16th/17th/18th/19th century palaces. In that case, sometimes they kept most of their external aspect (like with Windsor), sometimes it was changed completely. And sometimes the materials were just reused for another building. The result is that, we don't have a lot of them intact now.
Great reaction man. If you can you should react to the channel Historia Civilis. His best work is the Roman series but his one offs and Alexander the Great series is amazing too.
Hey man please could you react to 'Dumbest Battle in History: Battle of Karansebes' by M Laser History. It's pretty hilarious 😅
Ships lmao don’t look up the Vasa ship please don’t. 😂
Reaction to a video on the vasa ship would be so sad for my Swedish eyes.
ok im doin it for sure now 😏